Trees and Floodway
oil
22.9 x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")


This scene is at Lockport, Manitoba, where the Red River diversion or floodway meets the Red River. The floodway, when open, as it has been this spring, protects the city of Winnipeg from flooding by diverting some of the water from the Red River around the city. The banks along the floodway at Lockport are currently being stabilized with gravel, which can be seen as the whitish strips in the painting. The town of Lockport is about 30 km north of Winnipeg.